Faith, Martial Skills, and Qi and Blood!

Wang Pan understood now. If he still believed Qin Yan was in the Blood Exchange Realm, then he was an idiot!

Could someone in the Blood Exchange Realm really be this strong?!

Looking at the Saber Qi that had flown out earlier, every hair on Wang Pan's body stood on end!

That streak of Saber Qi had been incomparably sharp. Wang Pan was certain that he could not block it!

He would definitely die!

"Young Master, I did not use power beyond the Blood Exchange Realm."

"Realm is realm, and strength is strength. They cannot be lumped together."

"If you believe that realm is everything, you will suffer a tremendous loss one day."

Qin Yan sternly warned Wang Pan.

"But how can the Blood Exchange Realm be this strong?"

Wang Pan looked utterly bewildered. His foundation was already far stronger than that of Ordinary People.

Even against the dozens of Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage cultivators before him, given enough time, Wang Pan was confident that he could kill them one by one at the cost of serious injuries.

That was only because Wang Pan was in the same realm as them. Once he reached the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm, killing these Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage cultivators would be as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

Even so, Wang Pan had no confidence that, upon reaching the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm, he could possess combat strength surpassing Qin Yan's at this moment!

The group of Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage cultivators huddled together nearby, trembling in fear, were practically cursing their mothers inwardly.

These people truly did not take them seriously, chatting away as though no one else was around.

But after considering the gap between themselves and their enemies, the Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage cultivators obediently kept quiet.

"After reaching the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm, one's qi and blood can leave the body and injure people from dozens or even hundreds of meters away."

"Saber Qi, meanwhile, is a mysterious kind of energy. It is an ability formed by combining one's conviction with Peak of Perfection techniques and fusing them with qi and blood."

"Besides Saber Qi, there is also Sword Qi, Fist Glow, and more..."

Qin Yan briefly explained the origins of Saber Qi to Wang Pan.

"Conviction is the foundation for forming all kinds of qi!"

As Qin Yan spoke, a trace of desolation appeared in his eyes.

"Let's deal with these people first. Once we return to the residence, I'll explain it to you in detail."

Qin Yan said no more. He had already allowed these Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage cultivators to live for quite a while. He still had to visit Hundred Fragrances Pavilion later, and they were wasting his time.

With that thought, Qin Yan charged into the crowd with his saber in hand. His footwork was ghostly, and all that could be seen were streaks of Blood Red Saber Qi blooming amid the crowd!

Some tried to flee, but a streak of Saber Qi flashed past in the next instant, splitting them cleanly in two.

Some tried to beg for mercy, but Qin Yan showed no mercy at all, slicing off their heads with a single slash.

In just a moment, Qin Yan had slaughtered all several dozen of them!

The long street was a mess. Blood seeped from the corpses, gradually gathering into little streams that wound across the ground.

The thick stench of blood was nauseating.

Wang Pan was still in a daze, unable to recover from Qin Yan's words.

"Conviction... after intangible, elusive conviction merges with one's techniques and qi and blood, it can actually give birth to such terrifying power."

Wang Pan muttered to himself, feeling that he had truly been a frog at the bottom of a well.

After returning to the residence, Wang Ji and Mu Rong came forward to carefully inspect Wang Pan, checking whether he had been injured anywhere.

The turmoil in the Outside World had only just begun. The Wang family either did nothing or acted decisively; once they made their move, they wiped out dozens of families. This left the remaining families in Baiyang City trembling in silence.

A few days later, an even greater upheaval overshadowed the Wang family's rise to prominence.

The Youzhou Governor was dead!

He had been poisoned to death within his own residence!

The court of the Great Martial Empire was shaken!

The emperor ordered a thorough investigation into the matter!

Yet inwardly, he was delighted. Good riddance! In recent years, the Youzhou Governor had obeyed proclamations but ignored commands, faintly showing signs of seeking independence. Now that the Youzhou Governor was dead, one of his worries had finally been removed.

He immediately arranged for an Imperial Prince to come to You Province and take charge of the situation. Most importantly, he was to take over the hundreds of thousands of troops under the Youzhou Governor's command!

Ever since Wang Pan returned to the residence, he had become somewhat obsessed, constantly thinking about what conviction was and how he could develop it.

After witnessing Qin Yan's methods, Wang Pan was deeply tempted and wanted to wield that kind of power himself!

"Young Master, this is useless. If it were really so easy to comprehend, wouldn't everyone in the Blood Exchange Realm be able to do it?"

That day, Qin Yan returned from Hundred Fragrances Pavilion with one hand supporting his waist. Seeing that Wang Pan was clearly not in the right state of mind, he could not help but speak up.

"Uncle Qin, it would be one thing if I had never seen your methods. But now that I have, how can I be content?"

Qin Yan's words jolted Wang Pan awake. After coming back to his senses, bitterness filled his face.

Still, he understood that Qin Yan was right. Geniuses were called geniuses because they could accomplish what others could not!

Clearly, Wang Pan was not one of them.

At the very least, he was not the kind of genius who could hear a few words from someone else, have an Epiphany, and immediately learn Saber Qi with swaggering ease.

"If you want to comprehend your own conviction, thinking alone is useless."

"Conviction is the deepest support within a person's heart. You may think you have found your conviction, but that is merely your most superficial conviction."

"Everyone comprehends their conviction differently. One person's method cannot be applied to another."

"So I won't tell Young Master how I comprehended my own conviction. It would be of no use as a reference."

"However..."

"If Young Master truly wants to know the deepest conviction in your heart, then go fight!"

"Fight day after day, year after year. After repeated struggles between life and death, time will give you the answer."

After saying that, Qin Yan hummed a little tune and left, leaving Wang Pan standing there in deep thought.

This year, Wang Pan turned fourteen.

Two years had passed, and Wang Pan had already reached the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm. He would soon break through into the Bone Forging Realm.

However, conviction remained intangible and incomprehensible to Wang Pan.

Still, Wang Pan did not lose heart. He began studying his own techniques and learned a great many Martial Skills.

Because Wang Pan had exchanged for a Basic Swordsmanship Legacy using Simulation Points, he mainly practiced swordsmanship. He did not neglect other Martial Skills, such as Fist and Foot Techniques, either, using them to enrich his foundation.

The Wang family had also developed rapidly. After wiping out dozens of families in one stroke and taking over their assets, the Wang family rose to an even greater level.

With money now in hand, the Wang family began purchasing large quantities of resources.

These resources were all invested in the Guard Squad formed from the Wang family's Household Retainers, allowing seven Body Strengthening Stage guards to break through into the Muscle and Tendon Changing Stage.

That day, Wang Pan finally left the residence, much to the delight of Mu Rong and several Concubines.

Mu Rong had been worried that Wang Pan spent all day practicing martial arts at the Training Ground. If he did not go out soon, he would train himself stupid.

Wang Pan had not touched the several personal Maidservants prepared for him either.

This made Mu Rong suspect that Wang Pan had injured his body through martial arts practice. She had indirectly probed him about it several times, leaving Wang Pan both amused and exasperated.

"The time to change my fate has come. This time, I'll settle them all in one go!"

Wang Pan was full of spirit as he entered Hundred Fragrances Pavilion with his attendants!

Wang Pan believed that if he could settle them all in one go, the completion rate for this Life Simulation Event would definitely rise dramatically!

After all, in the Life Simulation, Wang Pan had remained in Hundred Fragrances Pavilion from the age of fourteen until twenty-two, draining his body dry until his kidneys often ached faintly.

But if he pulled the opposite move now and took down all the girls of Hundred Fragrances Pavilion in one go, wouldn't the event completion rate soar through the roof?!